evaluation of anaysis of other documentaries

8/6/2019 Evaluation of anaysis of other documentaries

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Analysis in relation to other texts

To begin with I will start by explain the two different documentaries which I will be

analysing:

My Feature:

My documentary is about the Indian instrument the Dhol; this documentary explores

the instrument in detail, for example the culture side of it. This documentary is

aimed at the target audience aged 16 -24 and in terms of gender is both male and

female. This documentary is for all ethnic groups that is because it would then appeal

to a main stream audience. I felt this documentary would best compare with the

documentaries because there topic and content is very similar to my documentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W8EFqt9DXI

The banjo project:

This documentary is by an institution called. The audience of this documentary is the

older generation for example aged between 20-40. This documentary is initially

about the instrument the Banjo, this documentary explores what the banjo is and

what people play this. I have chosen this documentary for my analysis because I feel

that this documentary will match the content of my documentary. For example my

documentary explores the Indian instrument dhol, is also has interviews of people

who play the instrument. My documentary has a similar style to this for example in

terms on structure, not as much as the same target

audience.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqRL3N1veSA

Documentary History of Chinese music instruments:

This documentary History of Chinese music instruments looks at the history of

some of the Chinese ethnic instrument. The audience for this documentary are both

male and female and the age for this documentary would be 20 -40 as well because

of the people featured in this documentary. I have chosen this documentary for

analysis and to compare with my documentary because of the structure and content

of this documentary for example when watching this documentary I noticed some

similarities for example they began by talking about the instrument then they

showed some performances of it bein g performed. That I think would appeal to the

audience.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFumRt38H4M


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Your feature:

Content

The content of my documentary is about the Indian instrument the Dhol , thisdocumentary is UK based and looks at how the dhol is used in different places for

examples in my documentary I have talked about how it is used in weddings and

parties. The other angle which I have given is the fact if someone wants to learn the

dhol how would they learn. To make the information that the audience were getting

I made sure that in my documentary I has expert advice which gave the audience an

idea of what I was talking about.

Mode of address

The MOD (mode of address) of my documentary was informal I think and it was

direct in terms of audience, the documentary was very upbeat in terms of tone as

well that was because I think of the music in the background which made the

audience like the documentary and make them more interested in the documentary.

Most of the locations that I have used are very relent and casual locations. Themusic used at the begging of my documentary I think was used very well because it

gave the audience a tour of the instrument forexample the name how it is made and

the pictures gave the audience visual picture of the Dhol.


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Conventions

The conventions in my documentary I think were used very well because I think I

used a good range of conventions some examples of conventions which I used in my

documentary included, sign on, voice over and also archive footage. Below you can

see some of the conventions that I used in my documentary:

Archive footage:

Here was some archive footage which I used in my documentary; this archive footage

was followed by a voice over which explained to the audience what the footage was

about. This footage was of two famous dhol players at a wedding which took place in

India. This was to show how this instrument is used at weddings. The use of archive

footage is very useful because it gives the audience the something to watch while an

interview would be going on.


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Th

si

n on:

This is the use of thesign on this is when the presenter introduces the documentaryto the audience and talks about what the documentary is about and what it will

include

However my documentary did not include a sign off which could have been

moreeffective and also very appealing to the audience

St

l

nd fo

The type ofstyle and form which I wanted for my documentary was a very modern

affect that would keep the audienceengaged in my documentaryI had a slight

advantage I would that is because there are no documentary about this instrument

around todayso I wanted to createsomething that would cover most topics andstandout. I wanted to audience to enjoy the documentaryyet also get a message

across to them.

This interview was with Gurdeep Singh

to tell the audience about his dhol class

if they want to learn andwhat the dholcan do to people in terms of physically.


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I also think that the music which I have used in my documentary is also very

useful because the music isvery modern and very upbeat that suits this

documentary and it also appeals to the mainstream audience.

Technolo

I think that the technology that I have used for my documentary isvery well used I

could have made more use of the technology but this wasenough for thestandard of

the documentary I was looking for. Whileediting on thesoftware provided which

was IMovie I think that myskills in terms ofediting have improved because I can do

more things that I couldnt do before for e

ample when an interview in happening I

managed to get a cutaway of people playing the dhol.

also used myskills when putting pictures of people playing the dhol or even people

performing with dhol on stage asyou can see from the pictures above of dhol players

and a performer.

I


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Old text:

The Banjo Project

Content

The content of this documentary is very different to my documentary because

this documentary concerns a very different instrument to my documentary and

all a very different ethnicity and age group, but although it concerns a different

target audience to my documentary the structure of the documentary and how

it is presented is very similar to my documentary. The thing which I found

about the content of the documentary was when they had shown the history

of the Banjo instrument as you can see below:

This documentary looks at both sides of the story of this instrument; firstly

they begin with the history and tell the audience about it then they change the

style of the content and begin by talking about the modern effect and style of

the Banjo which I think that it has a very good effect.

Mode of address

The mode of address of this documentary is very different to my feature that is

because of how old this documentary is. To begin with the documentary doesnot have a presenter to tell the audience what the documentary is about it is

told by narration and pictures and the narrator is talking in my direct way to

the audience and they are also being informed. The type of clothes that the

people at the beginning who start the documentary by talking about the banjo

are all wearing very formal clothes like a shirt and jeans or a T-shirt which

connotes that this documentary is very in formal towards the audience.


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Con

entions

Theconventions used in this documentary areverysimilar to my feature that is

because for e

ample they have used the following conventions Voice overwhich was used when some performances of theBanjo was on. However this

documentary did not have anysign on by a presenter the documentary began

with an introduction to theBanjo and pictures. This documentary also had a

few archive footages than my documentary did; the footage was mostly of

people playing the instrument whereas mine was more modernised footage of

people playing the dhol which isvery affective because it can give the audience

a visual picture in their head.

St

le andfo

This documentarysstyle and form wasvery different to my documentary in

terms of thestructure and how it is presented, some key points which I found

from this documentary which wassimilar to my feature were firstly the live

performance of the banjo this gives the audience to hear the instrument.

So thy haveshown a performance of

the banjo being played, this is why I

have decided to use thisstyle in mydocumentary asshown below at an

Indian wedding:

This aspect will also entertain the

audienceso I was kind of looking for

that kind of feel for my documentary

when making it and thinking of the

audience.


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Technology

In terms of technology for the old documentary you can see that technology

was not as developed as it is now days, For example the types of camera

effects and the graphics that are used now days. The camera work and shot

types that are used in this are very good and compared to mine they are very

upbeat and also keep the audience engaged in the documentary.

You can tell the type of camera

that was being used in that time

from this documentary because

now cameras have clearer footage

to watch which is now HD.

New Text:

History of Chinese Music Instruments (03) Xiao Di Pipa

Content

I found that for this documentary the content was very different from my

documentary and the Banjo documentary. This documentary aims to look at

the history of the Chinese instrument and. This was very useful for me because

I found that it was similar to my documentary because it gave information on

the instrument like the history of it like my documentarys aim was at the

beginning.


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Mode of address

The mode of address of this documentary I think is very different to my

documentary because the mode of address of this documentary is very formal

to the audience.

Conventions

The conventions used in this documentary I think are used very well, the types

of conventions used in this documentary include a sign on but which is done in

a very different way to my documentary. This documentary doesnt have a

presenter to introduce the topic like my documentary, this goes into the

documentary with some narration of what the documentary is about. The

other conventions which have been used in this documentary are Voice over

and some archive footage which is footage of people playing the instrument.

tyle and form

Comparing this documentary to mine I would say that my documentary is

more upbeat and more modernised. That is because in this documentary the

music is the same and its not as upbeat as my documentary and doesnt keepthe audience engaged in the documentary but gives a lot of relevant

information to the audience.

Technology

The technology in this documentary compared to my documentary I think is

very similar because it has used a good range of camera shots when doing

interviews and also showing performances of people playing the instrument.

The use of the graphics are also used well they look very professional for the

audience and also appeal to the main stream audience.

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